Cowboys could lose out on getting Bowles as defensive coordinator

DALLAS – Citing anonymous sources, the Associated Press is reporting that the Dolphins are expected to retain coach Tony Sparano after they broke off talks with Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh.

That means Dolphins assistant head coach Todd Bowles might not be a viable candidate to become the Cowboys defensive coordinator. It’s been widely speculated that the Cowboys are interested in Bowles, who also coaches the Dolphins secondary, after he interviewed with Jerry Jones on Wednesday for the head coaching job that went as expected to Jason Garrett.

The Dolphins would have to let Bowles out of his contract for him to be able to move to the Cowboys. If Sparano is staying, it would seem that would be unlikely to happen.

Then again, Sparano could be forced to start making some changes on his staff and Bowles could be free to come to Dallas.